Puccini: Tosca (Live, 1989) | Herbert Von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Orchestra pit camera of Herbert Von Karajan conducting the entire opera of Puccini’s Tosca, in March 1989. This is with the Berlin Philharmonic, and would be his last opera concert at the Salzburg Easter Festival. Concert details: #/discover/concerts/1035048 Act 1: 1:48 Act 2: 50:40 Act 3: 1:36:59 Karajan is evidently quite frail but in full command of the orchestra and it’s fascinating to watch him conduct a whole opera from the orchestra pit Cast (copied from concert details link above): Alain Fondary Scarpia Zurich Boys’ Choir choir Piero de Palma Spoletta Gottfried Hornik Cesare Angelotti Walter Zeh Closer Tammy Hensrud Shepherd Luciano Pavarotti Mario Cavaradossi Josephine Barstow Floria Tosca Wolfgang Scheider Sciaronne